collectibles

January 21, 2012

Last week on Life Matters (ABC Radio National) there was story of a man who collects jaffle irons. He started off innocently enough when he found an old jaffle iron in a op shop. It brought back lots of fond childhood memories so he took it home and cleaned up. He then found himself looking for jaffle irons wherever he went until now he has a collection of over 70. I laughed the whole way through the story especially how he tried to hide his purchases from his wife (how do you hide 70 jaffle irons?) and the lengths he went to to secure his next 'find'.

The reason I found it funny? Confession time - I am a collector of Noddy books! Not just any old Noddy books but vintage Noddy books.

Like the man in the story, my collection started innocently enough when I found a Noddy book in the secondhand shop. It brought back those lovely warm memories of sitting on Dad's lap and listening to the latest exploits of Noddy and Big Ears and then later on, cuddling my boys on my lap and reading them the same stories.

I just couldn't resist buying it. It sat alone on my bookshelf for a few months until I discovered a whole world of collectors and collections on EBay.

Now, my collection is steadily growing and I even set aside its very own shelf with a special security guard!

April 29, 2007

Yesterday there was a garage sale at church and I bought this beautiful teapot. I love teapots. I think I might start a collection. As soon as Caroline saw it she said "You'll have to make a teacosy". I remember my grandmother used to have knitted teacosies and I think I made one in Brownies (too long ago to be sure). There was a nice teacosy in Homespun magazine - shaped like a handbag. I could make that or I might knit one. Any suggestions?

By the way, the garage sale was to raise money to send a group to Russia to the kids camps there. Every summer in Russia they have summer camps for children. A lot of the children are homeless and underprivileged and this is the only chance they have for some fun. Our group will provide craft activities, games and love in one camp. They will also share with them the hope they have in Jesus. Camps are held all over Russia and literally hundreds of people from different countries go there every year to minister to these children. If you want to find out more, the organisation that runs it is called 'Kids Outreach International' - email me and I will give you details.

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